In the report Ecclesiastical Insurance is heavily criticised for its inconsistent advice to CofE and it has often acted with little concern for survivors of clergy abuse.

Dr Christine Barter is a researcher at UCLAN. The programme was about child/child abuse

Talking values and the introduction of 'better training' alone, will not change the inconsistency Dr Barter talks of. Reports can easily be mandated which will introduce support and clarity for staff, as well as consistency. Expertise will be introduced to address the challenge schools face in this realm.

Sarah Hannafin demonstrating NAHT appreciates the challenges her colleagues in schools face with child/child abuse. Mandated reporting to the Local Authority for independent assessment and assistance by people expert in the field is a vital component for improvement.

ToRs say: [1] To consider the extent to which State and non-State institutions have failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation; to consider the extent to which those failings have since been addressed; to identify further action needed to address any failings identified; to consider the steps which it is necessary for State and non-State institutions to take in order to protect children from such abuse in future; and to publish a report with recommendations.

The absence of a functioning child protection framework for Regulated Activities, debilitates the Local Authority or the Charity Commission from ensuring Jehovah's Witnesses deliver child protection on which reliance can be placed. The statutory framework for child protection in these settings has the appearance of having been designed to fail.

This article about the issue appeared on the National Secular Society's website https://goo.gl/wiauvE

And this BBC piece not even mention the £50m donation made last year by AllChurches Trust Ltd, the owners of Ecclesiastical Insurance, to the Church Of England https://youtu.be/xpuq4HLNjDY?t=4m37s . Virtuous circle says Sir Peter Mawer at the beginning for the film, or is it a conflict of interest?

Make of this clip what you will. MN is awaiting the transcript to drop here.

Withering criticism of the Church's current treatment of abusees by Reverend Graham Sawyer. The Church seems hard wired with inertia.

Nigel O'Mara had core participant status under SOIA's umbrella so there's a parting of the ways for reasons unknown. Nigel O'Mara could now apply for core participant status in his own right but it's neither quick, easy or guaranteed.

SOIA claim to represent more than 100 survivors.

Edited from the piece was an interview from some weeks ago with Professor Jay by Stephen Nolan. Many will have heard the same or similar content before.

Phil Frampton speaking for SOIA.